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17/08/2005: "CHEAP THRILLS"

Riding the surf this way was a real thrill - our boats were full of diving gear, expensive underwater camera's - much to lose.

While my father John M Harding drove our DeHavilland Tempest I photographed friends Ron Taylor and Rodney Fox in Ron's Tradewind also with a 40 HP outboard.

Location was the southern beach at Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island, off Brisbane. In those days it was our favourite destination for underwater action.

Other pictures from this expedition can be seen by using SEARCH (use Point Lookout as keyword).

The pattern in the sky? Fake. This represents high-rise buildings of Surfers Paradise which are some 50 nautical miles in that direction.

Eventually a bridge will connect the two Stradbroke Islands with the northern Gold Coast then Brisbane residents will have fantastic beaches much closer to their city.

That day might yet be some decades away. Presently a vehicular ferry connects the island to the mainland.